SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1533 8061 12391 Osprey 2 7 224 Bald Eagle 2 22 165 Northern Harrier 1 12 295 Sharp-shinned Hawk 127 578 4937 Cooper's Hawk 2 22 235 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 19 66 Broad-winged Hawk 0 4 185379 Red-tailed Hawk 58 367 1182 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 Golden Eagle 0 2 3 American Kestrel 11 44 923 Merlin 0 1 42 Peregrine Falcon 1 6 25 Unknown 0 0 0 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2 Total: 1738 9145 205869 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:00:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 8.5 hours Official Counter: Calvin Brennan Observers: Terry Angevine Visitors: Jim Maki Weather: Conditions were bright and clear again today with little or no cloud cover. Winds were light to moderate out of the southwest. Observations: The flight was fairly steady during the early part of the day but slowed once the south wind pushed birds to the north. Even the bulk of the TV movement was before noon including groups of 300-400 birds at a time. Most of the kettles in the afternoon today were 20 birds or less standing in contrast to the flight of the last two days when the large groups of vultures continued to move through into the early evening. An interesting sighting was of a migrant Osprey carrying a fish at quite a high altitude. It makes you wonder how long the bird had been carrying the meal and where the fish had been caught. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/
